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NTAP-20240208-0009 — CVE-2014-125087 java-xmlbuilder Vulnerability in NetApp Products

Published 2024-02-08 · Updated 2024-05-17 · Status: Final · Exploitation: Public · Severity: MEDIUM 5.5 · ONTAP affected: Yes

Official advisory: NTAP-20240208-0009 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.

Product family: ONTAP | ONTAP-relevant | highest CVSS: 5.5

CVEs in this advisory

CVE-2014-125087 — MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5 · site index

What the CVE records say

CVE-2014-125087 — A vulnerability was found in java-xmlbuilder up to 1.1. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to xml external entity reference. Upgrading to version 1.2 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is e6fddca201790abab4f2c274341c0bb8835c3e73. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-221480.

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to disclosure of sensitive information, addition or modification of data, Denial of Service (DoS).

Affected products

ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere 9

Official fixes

ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere 9 — vendor fix ↗

What to do

Check the affected products listed above against the official advisory's affected-versions table — that is where the exact ONTAP 9 release, ONTAP tool, or management product versions are named.
If affected and a fixed release exists, plan the upgrade — see the ONTAP upgrade runbook.
If exploitation is listed as "active", treat remediation as urgent and review exposure (management LIFs, ONTAP S3, SnapMirror endpoints).
Harden in parallel: security hardening baseline and ransomware protection on ONTAP.